Improvement in mica lights for stoves



- UNITE STATES PATENT .QFFIGE- JOHN W. ELLIOT, 0F TORONTO, CANADA.

,lMPR- OVEMENT IN MICA LIGHTS FOR STdVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 74,215, dated February 29, 1876; application filed January 3, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN W. ELLIOT, of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented anew and Improved Mica Light for Stoves, of which the following is-a specification:

Figure 1 represents'a front elevation, and

Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section on line 0 0,

Fig. 1, of my improved mica light for stoves.

- Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. a i The invention consists in a mica light, provided with a handle at the upper end, a perforation, and a strengthening-tip, the same being applied to a window-frame having a. lip,

. all as hereinafter described and explained.

aperture tightly when bent or sprung in. The

lower edge of the mica is cut with a central extension that passes below the lower rim of the aperture and bears on the inside of the same, to form a catch or support, while the sides or corner pieces rest on the rim and retain, in connection with the side flanges,.the mica from getting detached. A sheet-metal tip, 0, is riveted or otherwise attached, to the upper parts of the mica to strengthen the same and allow it to spring in below lip 12 and be detached without injury to the mica. The,

the fingers, when the stove is not heated, or

by means of wire, when heated, for the purpose of cleaning the mica with a damp cloth when desired. The mica is slightly bent by pressing on the tip, and then either sprung in in or out, as required.

The lower part of the mica is provided, near the base of the aperture, with an eyelet, D, that serves to admit fresh air,'for.the purpose of causing the smoke and gas to pass ofl or consume the same.

When the fuel is lighted and the draft turned down to the base of the stove, a constant circulation and radiation are produced 'by the air-current entering the eyelets of the mica light. The mica'lights for stoves are in this manner attached in a very simple and convenient manner without the use-of a'separate frame, hinges, keepers, pins, and other appliances,'so that the arrangement of these lights is simplified and cheapened;

Hai in g thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A mica light for stoves, having the han- 4 

